Tourists Leave Bulgarian Beach Resort over Power Outage

A large number of tourists have left Bulgaria’s largest sea resort “Sunny Beach” ahead of the planned end of their vacation over the lack of electric power and, consequently, air conditioning and hot water. Photo by BGNES

Scores of foreign tourists at Bulgaria’s largest Black Sea resort “Sunny Beach” are asking for cancellations and compensations of their vacation stay.

The reason for the request is the mass power outage in a number of resorts in the country’s southern Black Sea cost that began Friday.

The President of the Union of “Sunny Beach” hotel owners, Elena Yordanova, says the resort currently has about 300 000 holidaymakers and a large number have left ahead of the planned end of their vacation over the lack of electric power and, consequently, air conditioning and hot water.

Meanwhile, the Russian daily “Komsomolskaya Pravda” published an article, mocking the country for the problem and saying: “Don’t forget to pack candles if are planning to on vacation in Bulgaria.”

The latest update from the Bulgarian National Electric Company (NEK), which owns the two damaged posts, is that power will be restored by 2 pm Saturday.

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